JP6376117B2 - Printing apparatus, printing method, and printing program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus, a printing method, and a printing program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a printing apparatus that invalidates a paper being printed when a power interruption or an error occurs during printing of the paper and printing is not completed up to a necessary line (see, for example, Patent Document 1). ). In addition, a printing apparatus that can continuously print a plurality of pages while conveying a long medium is known (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In this type of printing apparatus, a label for each page can be created by cutting the medium between pages that are continuously printed on the medium.

JP-A-9-76603 JP 2007-38557 A

  In the printing apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, the entire paper on which printing is interrupted is discarded, and there is a possibility that the paper is wasted. In the printing apparatus exemplified in Patent Document 2, for example, when the second page is continuously printed after the first page is printed, before the medium is cut between the first page and the second page. Assume that an error condition (for example, a power failure) has occurred. In this case, when the printing apparatus recovers from the error state and restarts the printing operation, the second page is printed from the beginning without cutting the medium between the first page and the second page. Therefore, the user has to cut the medium by himself to create the label for the first page.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a printing apparatus, a printing method, and a printing program that can appropriately cut a medium on which an image is printed even when an error state occurs during printing of the image.

  The printing apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a page that is an image representing a unit page at a transport unit capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path, and at a first position in the transport path. Printing means capable of continuously printing an image on the medium; printing means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium; and printing the page image First storage means capable of storing print data for printing, second storage means capable of storing a cutting target position that is a position to be cut by the cutting means in the medium, and control means capable of executing a printed material creation process In the printing apparatus, the printed matter creation processing may be performed by the print unit based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the medium is transported by the transport unit. Print processing for continuously printing page images on the medium, cut setting processing for storing the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium in the second storage means, and the second storage means A cutting process that causes the cutting unit to cut the medium when the stored cutting target position reaches the second position, and the control unit performs a predetermined error state during the execution of the printed matter creation process. When the printing occurs, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut position that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position is stored in a predetermined storage unit; When the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is resumed and the uncut position stored by the interruption process Based on, characterized in that it is a feasible and first resumption processing for executing the cutting process.

  According to the first aspect, after an error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is resumed when the error state is resolved. At this time, the medium is cut at an uncut position generated by the interruption of the printed matter creation process. Therefore, even when an error state occurs during printing of the page image, the printing apparatus can appropriately cut the medium on which the page image is printed.

  The interruption process stores, in a predetermined storage unit, the print data corresponding to the entire print interruption page in which printing is interrupted among the plurality of page images, and the first restart process is performed by the interruption process. Based on the stored print data, the printing process may be started so that printing resumes from the top of the print interrupt page. In this case, in the resumed print creation process, the printing apparatus can reprint the print interrupt page on the medium.

  The interruption process stores a conveyance speed of the medium immediately before interrupting the printed material creation process in a predetermined storage unit, and the first restart process determines the uncut position stored in the interruption process as the uncut position. Correction may be made on the downstream side in the conveyance direction according to the conveyance speed stored by the interruption process, and the cut process may be executed based on the uncut position after correction. In this case, the printing apparatus can correct the uncut position to a more appropriate position in consideration of the amount of movement of the medium due to inertia that occurs when printing is interrupted.

  The page image includes an image area in which a character is printed and a blank area provided around the image area, and the first restart process corresponds to the uncut position stored by the interruption process. When the margin width of the margin area included in the page image is less than the threshold value, the cutting process based on the uncut position may not be executed. In this case, it is possible to prevent the image area from being cut in the resumed print production process.

  The cut setting process indicates a cut type indicating either a first cut that cuts all of the medium in the thickness direction or a second cut that cuts a part of the medium in the thickness direction in association with the cut target position. Is stored in the second storage means, and when the cutting process cuts the cutting target position at the second position, the first processing is performed based on the cutting type associated with the cutting target position. Either the cut or the second cut may be executed. In this case, the printing apparatus can cut the cut target position based on a suitable cut type, for example, according to the use of the printed matter.

  In the first resumption process, the cut type corresponding to the uncut position stored in the interruption process is the first cut, and the last cut process executed before interruption of the printed material creation process When the second cut is executed, the cutting process based on the uncut position may not be executed. In this case, in the resumed printed material creation process, the printing apparatus can omit the full cut at the uncut position.

  The control means executes one specified from at least two of the first resume process, the second resume process, and the third resume process when the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed matter creation process. The second restart process restarts the printed matter creation process and starts the printing process so that printing resumes from the top of the print interrupted page, and the third resume process includes the printed matter creation The printing process may be started such that the process is resumed and printing is resumed from the top of the uncut page corresponding to the uncut position among the plurality of page images. In this case, the printing apparatus can resume the printed material creation process in a mode according to the user's request.

  When the power supplied to the printing apparatus changes from a reference value or more to less than the reference value during execution of the printed material creation process, the control unit executes the interruption process, and during the interruption of the printed material creation process When the supplied power changes from less than the reference value to the reference value or more, the first restart process may be executed. In this case, the printing apparatus can execute interruption and resumption of the printed material creation process according to the supplied power.

  The printing method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a transport unit capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path, and a page that is an image representing a unit page at a first position in the transport path. Printing means capable of continuously printing an image on the medium; printing means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium; and printing the page image A printing method used in a printing apparatus comprising: a first storage unit capable of storing print data for storing; and a second storage unit capable of storing a cutting target position that is a position to be cut by the cutting unit in the medium. The printing method includes a printed material creation process, and the printed material creation process is based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the medium is transported by the transport unit. A printing process for causing the printing means to continuously print the page image on the medium; a cut setting process for causing the second storage means to store the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium; A cutting process for causing the cutting means to cut the medium when the cutting target position stored in the second storage means reaches the second position, and the printing method further includes: When a predetermined error state occurs during execution, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut position that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position is stored in a predetermined manner. When the error state is resolved during the interruption process stored in the means and the print production process, the print production process is resumed and recorded by the interruption process. On the basis of the said non-cutting position, characterized in that it comprises a first restart processing to perform the cutting process. The second aspect has the same effect as the first aspect.

  The printing program according to the third aspect of the present invention is a page that is an image representing a unit page at a transport unit capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path and a first position in the transport path. Printing means capable of continuously printing an image on the medium; printing means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium; and printing the page image A first storage means capable of receiving and storing print data for storing and a second storage means capable of storing a cutting target position which is a position to be cut by the cutting means in the medium; The printed material creation process is executed based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the medium is transported by the transport unit. A printing process for causing the printing means to continuously print the page image on the medium; a cut setting process for causing the second storage means to store the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium; A cutting process for causing the cutting means to cut the medium when the cut target position stored in the second storage means reaches the second position, and further, during execution of the printed matter creation process in the computer When a predetermined error state occurs, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut position that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position is stored in a predetermined storage unit. And when the error state is resolved during the interruption of the print creation process, the print creation process is resumed and stored by the interruption process. The on the basis of the non-cutting position, characterized in that to execute the first restart processing to perform the cutting process. The third aspect has the same effect as the first aspect.

It is the perspective view which looked at the printing apparatus 1 from the upper left front. It is the perspective view which looked at the main body case 11 from the front upper direction. 2 is a plan view schematically showing the internal structure of the printing apparatus 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical structure of the printing apparatus 1. FIG. It is a flowchart of a main process. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of main processing continued from FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a correction table 100. FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a flow of a printed matter creating operation of the tape 8.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. A printing apparatus 1 according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 schematically shows the tape cassette 80 and the ribbon cassette 90. FIG. 3 shows a state in which the tape cassette 80, the ribbon cassette 90, and the tube 9 are mounted on the tape mounting unit 20, the ribbon mounting unit 30, and the tube mounting unit 40, respectively. In the following description, upper, lower, lower right, upper left, upper right, and lower left in FIG. 1 are defined as upper, lower, right, left, rear, and front of the printing apparatus 1, respectively. .

  As shown in FIG. 1, the printing apparatus 1 can print a tape 8 that is a strip-shaped print medium and a tube 9 that is a cylindrical print medium by two printing mechanisms, respectively. The printing apparatus 1 includes a housing 10 including a main body case 11 and a cover 12. The main body case 11 is a rectangular parallelepiped box-shaped member that is long in the left-right direction. The cover 12 is a plate-like member disposed on the upper side of the main body case 11. The rear end portion of the cover 12 is rotatably supported on the upper rear end portion of the main body case 11. When the cover 12 is closed with respect to the main body case 11 (see FIG. 1), the cover 12 covers the mounting surface 11A (see FIG. 2). When the cover 12 is opened with respect to the main body case 11, the mounting surface 11A is exposed upward (see FIG. 2).

  On the side surface of the housing 10, a tape discharge port 14, a tube insertion port 15, a tube discharge port 16, and an operation unit 17 are provided. The tape discharge port 14 is an opening provided on the front surface of the housing 10 for discharging the tape 8 to the outside of the housing 10. The tube insertion opening 15 is an opening provided on the right surface of the housing 10 for guiding the tube 9 into the housing 10. The tube discharge port 16 is an opening provided on the left surface of the housing 10 for discharging the tube 9 to the outside of the housing 10. The operation unit 17 includes a display unit that is a plurality of LEDs indicating the operating state of the printing apparatus 1 and an operation unit that is a plurality of operation buttons including a power button and a start button.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mounting surface 11A is provided with a tape mounting portion 20, a ribbon mounting portion 30, a tube mounting portion 40, and the like. The tape mounting portion 20 is a concave portion that opens upward, and is a portion where the tape cassette 80 can be attached and detached. The tape mounting portion 20 of this embodiment is on the right side of the mounting surface 11A. The user can attach / detach the tape cassette 80 to / from the tape mounting unit 20 with the cover 12 (see FIG. 1) opened. The conveyance path 23 is a groove portion extending continuously forward from the right front portion of the tape mounting portion 20. The front end of the transport path 23 is connected to the tape discharge port 14.

  The ribbon mounting part 30 is a concave part that opens upward, and is a part to which the ribbon cassette 90 can be attached and detached. The ribbon mounting portion 30 of the present embodiment is on the left side of the mounting surface 11A. The user can attach and detach the ribbon cassette 90 to and from the ribbon mounting portion 30 with the cover 12 opened. The tube mounting portion 40 is a part where the tube 9 (see FIG. 1) can be attached and detached.

  The tube mounting portion 40 is a groove portion that extends from the tube insertion port 15 to the tube discharge port 16 and opens upward. The tube mounting portion 40 of the present embodiment passes through the rear side of the tape mounting portion 20 and the ribbon mounting portion 30 and communicates with the rear end portion of the ribbon mounting portion 30. The user can attach and detach the tube 9 to and from the tube mounting part 40 with the cover 12 being opened. The tube 9 is attached to the tube attachment portion 40 so as to extend from the tube insertion port 15 to the tube discharge port 16.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the tape cassette 80 is a box-shaped body that accommodates an unused tape 8, an unused ink ribbon (not shown), a tape drive roller 81, a ribbon take-up spool 82, and the like. The tape drive roller 81 is a roller for pulling out the tape 8 in the tape cassette 80. The ribbon take-up spool 82 is a spool for taking up the ink ribbon in the tape cassette 80.

  The tape mounting unit 20 is provided with a print head 51, a tape drive shaft 55, and a ribbon take-up shaft 56. The print head 51 is a thermal head that performs line-by-line printing with a plurality of printing elements arranged orthogonal to the transport direction of the tape 8. The tape drive shaft 55 is a shaft that can rotate the tape drive roller 81. The ribbon take-up shaft 56 is a shaft that can rotate the ribbon take-up spool 82. A platen holder 52 that rotatably supports the platen roller 53 and the movable conveyance roller 54 is provided on the right side of the tape mounting unit 20. The platen roller 53 is a roller that can rotate relative to the print head 51. The movable conveyance roller 54 is a roller that can rotate relative to the tape drive shaft 55.

  When the cover 12 (see FIG. 1) is opened, the platen holder 52 moves to the retracted position, and the platen roller 53 and the movable conveyance roller 54 are disposed outside the tape mounting unit 20. When the user mounts the tape cassette 80 on the tape mounting unit 20, the tape drive shaft 55 and the ribbon take-up shaft 56 are inserted into the tape drive roller 81 and the ribbon take-up spool 82, respectively.

  Next, when the cover 12 is closed, the platen holder 52 is moved to the operating position, and the platen roller 53 and the movable conveyance roller 54 are disposed inside the tape mounting unit 20. At this time, the platen roller 53 superimposes the tape 8 and the ink ribbon of the tape cassette 80 and urges them toward the print head 51. The movable conveyance roller 54 sandwiches the tape 8 and the ink ribbon of the tape cassette 80 with the tape driving roller 81. As a result, the printing apparatus 1 is ready to print the tape 8 using the tape cassette 80.

  A cutter 57 capable of cutting the tape 8 in the transport path 23 in the thickness direction is provided on the rear side of the tape discharge port 14. The cutter 57 is a half cut that cuts a part of the tape 8 (for example, only release paper) to form a slit, and a full that cuts and separates all the layers of the tape 8 (for example, release paper and mount). Cut and execution is possible.

  The ribbon cassette 90 is a box-like body that accommodates unused ink ribbons, ribbon take-up spools 91, and the like. The ribbon mounting unit 30 is provided with a print head 61, a movable conveyance roller 62, and a ribbon take-up shaft 63. The print head 61 is a thermal head that performs line-by-line printing with a plurality of printing elements arranged orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the tube 9. The movable conveyance roller 62 is a roller that can rotate relative to the print head 61. The ribbon take-up shaft 63 is a shaft that can rotate the ribbon take-up spool 91.

  When the cover 12 (see FIG. 1) is opened, the movable conveyance roller 62 is disposed on the rear side of the tube mounting portion 40 and is separated from the print head 61. When the user mounts the ribbon cassette 90 on the ribbon mounting portion 30, the ribbon winding shaft 63 is inserted into the ribbon winding spool 91. The user attaches the tube 9 to the tube attachment part 40. Next, when the cover 12 is closed, the movable conveyance roller 62 is disposed inside the tube mounting portion 40 and is close to the print head 61. At this time, the movable conveying roller 62 urges the tube 9 mounted on the tube mounting unit 40 and the ink ribbon of the ribbon cassette 90 to be directed toward the print head 61. As a result, the printing apparatus 1 is ready to print the tube 9 using the ribbon cassette 90.

  A cutter 64 capable of cutting the tube 9 in the tube mounting portion 40 in the radial direction is provided on the right side of the tube discharge port 16. The cutter 64 can execute a half cut in which a part of the tube diameter in the tube 9 is cut to form a slit, and a full cut in which the entire tube diameter in the tube 9 is cut and separated.

  The electrical configuration of the printing apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The printing apparatus 1 includes a control board 19. The control board 19 includes a CPU 41, a ROM 42, a CGROM 43, a RAM 44, a flash memory 45, an input / output interface 49, and the like, which are connected via a data bus. The ROM 42 stores a program that the CPU 41 executes to control the printing apparatus 1. The CGROM 43 stores printing dot pattern data for printing a character. The character is at least one of a character, a character string, a number, a symbol, a figure, an illustration, and the like. The RAM 44 stores temporary data. The RAM 44 is provided with a reception buffer 44A that temporarily stores print data received from an external device. The flash memory 45 stores a character captured from an external device and a correction table 100 (see FIG. 7) described later.

  The input / output interface 46 is connected to the operation unit 17, the internal battery 18, drive circuits 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, an external connection I / F 77, and the like. When the printing apparatus 1 is connected to an external power source (not shown), the built-in battery 18 is charged by receiving power from the external power source. When the printing apparatus 1 is not connected to an external power source (not shown), the built-in battery 18 supplies charged power to the printing apparatus 1.

  The drive circuit 71 is an electronic circuit for driving the print head 51. The drive circuit 72 is an electronic circuit for driving a transport motor 88 that rotates the tape drive shaft 55 and the ribbon take-up shaft 56. The drive circuit 73 is an electronic circuit for driving a cut motor 89 that operates the cutter 57. The drive circuit 74 is an electronic circuit for driving the print head 61. The drive circuit 75 is an electronic circuit for driving a transport motor 98 that rotates the movable transport roller 62 and the ribbon take-up shaft 63. The drive circuit 76 is an electronic circuit for driving the cut motor 99 that operates the cutter 64.

  The external connection I / F 77 is an interface for connecting an external device to the printing apparatus 1. In the present embodiment, a PC 2 that is an external device is connected to the printing apparatus 1 via an external connection I / F 77. An editor, which is an application program for editing a page image, is installed on the PC 2. The page image indicates print contents in units of pages including at least one character. The user uses the editor on the PC 2 to edit the page image, and then instructs printing of the page image. The page image of this embodiment includes an image area 101 in which a character is arranged, and a blank area 102 provided around the image area 101 (see FIG. 11).

  In this case, the CPU (not shown) of the PC 2 transmits a print command for instructing printing of the edited page image to the printing apparatus 1. The print command of this embodiment indicates a print object (tape 8 or tube 9), the number of print pages, print information of each page image, and the like. The print information of each page image indicates the number of print lines of the page image, the cut setting (cut type and cut target position), and the like. The cut type indicates either full cut or half cut. The cutting target position indicates a position to cut on the tape 8 on which the page image is printed.

  When the page image is a normal page image, the printing apparatus 1 of this embodiment can create a label 8A on which the page image is printed on the entire surface (see FIG. 9A). The normal page image is a page image in which the page length, which is the length in the conveyance direction of the page, is equal to or greater than a lower limit (for example, 10 mm). The cut target positions of the normal page image corresponding to the first page (first page) are the first line and the last line of the page image (that is, both ends in the conveyance direction of the page image). The cut target position of the normal page image corresponding to the subsequent page (second and subsequent pages) is the last line of the page image.

  The printing apparatus 1 of the present embodiment can create a special label 8C (see FIG. 12C) when the page image is a special page image. The special page image is a page image whose page length is less than the lower limit value. The special label 8 </ b> C is a label having a length in the transport direction that is the same as the above-described lower limit, and a page image printed on the page portion 103 that is downstream in the transport direction. In the special label 8C, half-cutting is performed at a boundary position between the page portion 103 and the surplus portion 104 that is a blank on the upstream side in the conveyance direction (that is, the end line of the page image).

  Therefore, the cut target positions of the special page image corresponding to the first page are the first line, the last line, and the margin added line of the page image. The margin addition line is a line on the upstream side in the transport direction by the lower limit value described above from the top line of the page image. In this case, the cut type of the head line and the margin added line is full cut, and the cut type of the end line is half cut. Further, the cut target position of the special page image corresponding to the subsequent page is the tail line and the margin addition line of the page image. In this case, the cut type of the margin addition line is full cut, and the cut type of the end line is half cut.

  Further, the CPU of the PC 2 sequentially generates print data for each line based on the edited page image, and sequentially transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus 1. The print data is data that causes the printing apparatus 1 to print one line, which is the print unit of the print heads 51 and 61, of the page image to be printed. Thus, a plurality of print data necessary for printing the entire page image to be printed is sequentially transmitted from the PC 2 to the printing apparatus 1. When there are a plurality of page images to be printed, a plurality of print data corresponding to each of the plurality of page images is transmitted according to the printing order of each page image.

  In the printing apparatus 1, the received print command and print data are stored in the reception buffer 44A. The CPU 41 reads print commands and print data from the reception buffer 44A in the order of storage. When the CPU 41 reads a print command from the reception buffer 44A, the CPU 41 starts a printed material creation operation described later. When the print data is read from the reception buffer 44A, the CPU 41 develops the print data into image data for one line based on the print dot pattern data in the CGROM 43 and stores it in the image buffer (not shown) of the RAM 44. . The CPU 41 sequentially reads the image data stored in the image buffer, and executes the following printed material creation operation.

  When the CPU 41 reads a print command whose print object is the tape 8, the CPU 41 starts an operation for creating a print product on the tape 8. As shown in FIG. 3, the conveyance motor 88 rotates the tape drive roller 81 and the ribbon take-up spool 82 by rotating the tape drive shaft 55 and the ribbon take-up shaft 56. As the tape drive roller 81 rotates, the unused tape 8 in the tape cassette 80 is pulled out. As the ribbon take-up spool 82 rotates, the unused ink ribbon in the tape cassette 80 is pulled out. The drawn film tape 85 and ink ribbon 86 are conveyed between the print head 51 and the platen roller 53.

  The print head 51 prints characters on the tape 8 using an ink ribbon based on image data sequentially read from the image buffer in synchronization with the conveyance of the tape 8. The used ink ribbon is taken up on a ribbon take-up spool 82. The printed tape 8 is transported into the transport path 23 by the movable transport roller 54 and the tape drive roller 81. Further, the printed tape 8 is cut for each page image by the cutter 57 and discharged from the tape discharge port 14.

  When the CPU 41 reads a print command in which the print object is the tube 9, the CPU 41 starts a printed material creation operation for the tube 9. As shown in FIG. 3, the transport motor 98 transports the tube 9 in the tube mounting portion 40 by rotating the movable transport roller 62, and rotates the ribbon take-up shaft 63 to rotate the ribbon take-up spool 91. Rotate. As the ribbon take-up spool 91 rotates, the unused ink ribbon in the ribbon cassette 90 is pulled out. The drawn ink ribbon is transported between the print head 61 and the movable transport roller 62.

  The print head 61 prints a character on the tube 9 using an ink ribbon based on image data sequentially read from the image buffer in synchronization with the conveyance of the tube 9. The used ink ribbon is taken up on a ribbon take-up spool 91. The printed tube 9 is transported to the downstream side of the print head 61 by the movable transport roller 62. Further, the printed tube 9 is cut for each page image by the cutter 64 and discharged from the tube insertion port 15.

  With reference to FIGS. 5 to 13, main processing relating to the printed matter creating operation will be described. In FIG. 8, for easy understanding, the positional relationship among the tape 8, the print head 51, and the cutter 57 during the printed material creation operation is schematically shown (the same applies to FIGS. 9 to 13 described later). When the CPU 41 reads the print command from the reception buffer 44A, the CPU 41 starts the main process by reading and executing the program stored in the ROM 42.

  In the following, the printed matter creating operation of the tape 8 executed based on the main process is illustrated, but the printed matter creating operation of the tube 9 executed based on the main process is the same. In addition, as shown in FIG. 8, the position where the tape 8 is cut in the width direction by the cutter 57 is referred to as a cutter position T2. The position on the tape 8 where the character is printed for one line by the print head 51 is referred to as a head position T1. The cutter position T2 is located downstream of the head position T1 in the transport direction of the tape 8.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 41 first executes pre-printing processing (S1). Specifically, the CPU 41 stores the number of print pages and print information of each page image in a predetermined area of the RAM 44 based on the print command read from the reception buffer 44A. The CPU 41 sets print information of a page image corresponding to the first page as a processing target in a predetermined area of the RAM 44. The CPU 41 sets the cutting target position of the page image corresponding to the first page in the cutting area of the RAM 44. The CPU 41 initializes the current transport position (unit: dot) stored in the RAM 44 to “0”.

  Thereafter, the CPU 41 starts the conveyance of the tape 8 by driving the conveyance motor 88 (S3), and executes the print control of the current conveyance position (S5). Specifically, the CPU 41 reads, from the image buffer of the RAM 44, image data for printing on the line corresponding to the current transport position on the tape 8 based on the print information to be processed set in the RAM 44. The CPU 41 causes the print head 51 to execute printing for one line based on the read image data.

  Next, the CPU 41 determines whether an error state has occurred (S7). If an error state has not occurred (S7: NO), the CPU 41 determines whether the head position T1 is at the page end position based on the current transport position stored in the RAM 44 (S9). Specifically, if the head position T1 does not correspond to the end line of the page being printed (that is, the upstream end in the transport direction of the page being printed), the CPU 41 determines that the head position T1 is not at the page end position ( S9: NO). The printing page is a page image that is being printed by the print head 51.

  In this case, the CPU 41 determines whether the cutter position T2 is at the cutting target position based on the current conveyance position stored in the RAM 44 (S11). Specifically, when the cutter position T2 does not correspond to the cutting target position set in the cutting area, the CPU 41 determines that the cutter position T2 is not at the cutting target position (S11: NO). In this case, the CPU 41 adds “1” to the current transport position stored in the RAM 44 (S13), and returns the process to S1.

  When it is determined that an error state has occurred (S7: YES), the CPU 41 determines whether the error state is a specific error (S15). The specific error is, for example, an error state that can be recovered by a simple user operation, and examples thereof include power shortage of the printing apparatus 1 and unauthorized opening of the cover 12. The power shortage of the printing apparatus 1 is a state in which the power supplied to the printing apparatus 1 decreases from a reference value or more to less than the reference value. This is caused by disconnection of the battery, power reduction of the built-in battery 18 or the like. Even when the power of the printing apparatus 1 is insufficient, since the power remaining in the internal battery 18 is supplied to the control board 19, various data stored in the RAM 44 is not erased.

  When the error state is a specific error (S15: YES), the CPU 41 stops the printed material creation operation by stopping the conveyance and printing of the tape 8, and stores the print interruption information in the RAM 44 (S17). The print interruption information of the present embodiment includes print information of a print interruption page, print information of an uncut page, and a conveyance speed immediately before the stop. The print interruption page is a page image that is partially printed due to the interruption of the printed matter creation operation. The uncut page is a normal page image in which the trailing line is not cut or a special page image in which the margin added line is not cut among the page images on the downstream side in the transport direction from the head position T1 when the print production operation is interrupted. It is. Each print information of the uncut page and the print interrupted page includes an uncut position. The uncut position is a cut target position between the head position T1 and the cutter position T2 when the printed material creation operation is interrupted. The transport speed immediately before the stop is the transport speed of the tape 8 immediately before the print production operation is interrupted.

  When the error state is not a specific error (S15: NO), the CPU 41 determines that the error state is a non-specific error. The non-specific error is, for example, an error state that cannot be recovered by a simple user operation, such as a failure of the printing apparatus 1 or replacement of the tape cassette 80. In this case, the CPU 41 interrupts the print creation operation, executes various processes according to the error type, and then ends the main process.

  When the head position T1 corresponds to the end line of the page being printed, the CPU 41 determines that the head position T1 is at the page end position (S9: YES). In this case, the CPU 41 determines whether the printed page image corresponds to the final page based on the number of printed pages indicated by the print command (S19). When the printed page image does not correspond to the final page (S19: NO), the CPU 41 sets the next page print information as a processing target based on the print command (S21).

  The next page print information is print information of a page image to be printed next (hereinafter, the next page image). In S21, the CPU 41 sets the end line of the next page image as a new cutting target position in the cutting area. Further, the CPU 41 stores the cut type corresponding to the set cutting target position in the cutting area. After executing S21, the CPU 41 advances the process to S11. When the printed page image corresponds to the last page (S19: YES), the CPU 41 further conveys the tape 8 and fully cuts the last line of the last page at the cutter position T2. Thereafter, the CPU 41 ends the main process.

  When the cutter position T2 corresponds to the cutting target position, the CPU 41 determines that the cutter position T2 is at the cutting target position (S11: YES). In this case, the CPU 41 drives the cut motor 89 to execute cut control (S23). Specifically, the CPU 41 causes the cutter 57 to execute a half cut or a full cut according to the cut type corresponding to the cut target position. Thereby, the cut target position of the tape 8 is cut according to the cut type.

  When the last line of the page image is cut in S23, a page-unit label 8A (see FIG. 9) is created. The CPU 41 deletes the print information and print data of the page image corresponding to the created label 8A from the predetermined area of the RAM 44 among the print information and print data read from the reception buffer 44A. After executing S23, the CPU 41 advances the process to S13.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the CPU 41 determines whether or not the specific error is released (S33). When the specific error has not been released (S33: NO), the CPU 41 waits for an error release operation (S35), and returns the process to S33. For example, when the specific error is a power shortage of the printing apparatus 1, the user recovers the power failure of the external power source or repairs the disconnection of the power cable as the error canceling operation. Thereby, since the power supplied to the printing apparatus 1 changes from less than the reference value to more than the reference value, the CPU 41 determines that the specific error has been released (S33: YES). For example, when the cover 12 is illegally opened, when the user closes the cover 12 as an error release operation, the CPU 41 determines that the specific error has been released (S33: YES).

  When the specific error is canceled in this way, the CPU 41 executes reprint preparation for returning the printing apparatus 1 to the operable state in order to resume the printed material creation operation (S37). At this time, the CPU 41 deletes the cutting target position stored in the cutting area. The printing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment can execute any restart process arbitrarily selected from a plurality of restart processes prepared in advance (first to third restart processes described later) after preparation for reprinting. . The flash memory 45 stores a restart process designated as an execution target among a plurality of restart processes.

  After executing S37, the CPU 41 refers to the flash memory 45 to determine whether the first restart process is designated as the execution target (S39). The first resumption process is a process for resuming printing from the first line of the print interrupted page and executing cutting for an uncut position. When the first restart process is designated (S39: YES), the CPU 41 determines whether there is an uncut position based on the print interruption information stored in the RAM 44 (S41).

  When there is an uncut position (S41: YES), the CPU 41 determines whether the margin width of the uncut page is equal to or larger than the threshold (S43). Specifically, when the margin width L2 of the frame-shaped margin area 102 (see FIG. 11) is equal to or larger than a threshold (for example, 5 mm), the CPU 41 determines that the margin width of the uncut page is equal to or larger than the threshold (S43: YES). In this case, the CPU 41 determines whether the pre-interruption cut is a special page image half cut (S45). The pre-interruption cut is the last cut that was performed before the print production operation was interrupted. When the pre-interruption cut is not a half-cut of the special page image (S45: NO), the CPU 41 resets the uncut position as a cut target position in the cut area (S47). The CPU 41 corrects the cutting target position stored in the cutting area based on the correction table 100 (see FIG. 7) (S49).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the correction table 100 associates the conveyance speed immediately before the stop with the cut position correction amount. The cut position correction amount indicates a distance for correcting the cut target position downstream in the transport direction. The cut position correction amount of the present embodiment indicates the correction amount of the cut target position in dot units. In S49, the conveyance speed immediately before the stop is specified based on the print interruption information stored in the RAM 44. The cut position correction amount corresponding to the specified transport speed immediately before the stop is specified with reference to the correction table 100. Each of all the cutting target positions in the cutting area is corrected so as to move to the downstream side in the transport direction by the specified cutting position correction amount.

  After execution of S49, the CPU 41 sets information for resuming printing from the print interruption page (S51). Specifically, the CPU 41 resets the print information of the print interrupt page as a processing target based on the print interrupt information stored in the RAM 44, and resets the cut target position of the print interrupt page to the cut area. The cut target positions of the print suspended page set at this time are the first line and the last line of the print suspended page to be reprinted.

  After executing S51, the CPU 41 returns the process to S3. Thus, in the subsequent processing, printing is resumed from the first line of the print suspended page based on the reset print information of the print suspended page (S3, S5). Further, when the corrected uncut position reaches the cutter position T2, it is determined that the cutter position T2 is at the cutting target position, and the tape 8 is cut at the corrected uncut position (S11: YES, S23). ).

  When the first restart process is not specified as the execution target (S39: NO), the CPU 41 refers to the flash memory 45 and determines whether the second restart process is specified as the execution target (S53). The second resumption process is a process for resuming printing from the first line of the print interrupted page without executing cutting for the uncut position. When the second restart process is designated as the execution target (S53: YES), the CPU 41 advances the process to S51. As a result, in the subsequent processing, printing is resumed from the first line of the print interruption page based on the print information of the print interruption page (S3, S5), and the cut control based on the uncut position (S23) is not executed.

  When the second restart process is not specified as the execution target (S53: NO), the CPU 41 determines that the third restart process is specified as the execution target. The third restart process is a process for restarting printing from the first line of an uncut page without executing a cut for an uncut position. In this case, the CPU 41 sets information for resuming printing from an uncut page (S55). Specifically, the CPU 41 resets the print information of the uncut page as an execution target based on the print interruption information stored in the RAM 44, and resets the cut target position of the uncut page to the cut area. The cut target positions of the uncut page set at this time are the first line and the last line of the print interrupted page to be reprinted.

  After executing S55, the CPU 41 returns the process to S3. Thereby, in the subsequent processing, printing is resumed from the first line of the uncut page based on the print information of the uncut page (S3, S5), and the cut control based on the uncut position (S23) is not executed. In this case, the print interrupted page is reprinted from the first line after the completion of printing the uncut page.

  With reference to FIGS. 8 to 13, the printed matter creation operation based on the main process will be specifically described. In the example shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, four labels 8A on which page images P1 to P4 are printed are created, and each label 8A is divided by a half cut. The page image P1 corresponding to the first page indicates “ABC”. The page images P2 to P4 corresponding to the succeeding pages indicate “123”, “DEF”, and “456”, respectively.

  When the main processing is started, first, pre-printing processing is executed, and the print information of the page image P1 is set as a processing target (S1). The page image P1 “ABC” is printed on the tape 8 being conveyed at the head position T1 (S3, S5, S13). When the printing of the page image P1 is completed, the print information of the page image P2 is set as a processing target (S9: YES, S19: NO, S21). As shown in FIG. 8A, the page image P2 “123” is printed on the tape 8 being conveyed at the head position T1 (S5, S13).

  When the printing of the page image P2 is completed, the print information of the page image P3 is set as a processing target (S9: YES, S19: NO, S21). As shown in FIG. 8B, the page image P3 “DEF” is printed on the tape 8 being conveyed at the head position T1 (S5, S13). During the printing of the page image P3, the leading line of the page image P1 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half-cut (S11: YES, S23).

  As shown in FIG. 8C, after the top line of the page image P1 is half cut, while the printing of the page image P3 is continued, for example, a power failure occurs and the printed matter creation operation is interrupted ( S7: YES, S15: YES, S17). At this time, the print interruption information including the print information of the page images P1 and P2 that are uncut pages, the print information of the page image P3 that is the print interruption page, and the conveyance speed immediately before the stop is stored. In this case, the end line of the page image P1 and the end line of the page image P2 are uncut positions.

  Thereafter, for example, when recovery from a power failure is performed by a user operation, reprint preparation of the printing apparatus 1 is executed (S33: YES, S37). In this example, the first restart process is designated in the flash memory 45 (S39: YES). Each of the page images P1 to P4 is a normal page image whose margin width is equal to or larger than the threshold (S43: YES) and whose page length is equal to or larger than the lower limit (S45: NO). Therefore, the tail line of the page image P1 and the tail line of the page image P2 are reset as cut target positions in the cutting area and corrected based on the correction table 100 (see FIG. 7) (S47, S49). Further, the print information of the page image P3 is reset as a processing target (S51). At this time, the start line and the end line of the page image P3 to be reprinted are reset as cut target positions in the cutting area.

  As shown in FIG. 9A, when the printed material creation operation is resumed, printing is resumed from the first line of the page image P3, and “DEF”, which is the image of the page image P3, is re-applied to the tape 8 being conveyed. Printing is performed (S3, S5, S13). During the reprinting of the page image P3, the end line of the page image P1 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half-cut (S11: YES, S23). Thereby, the label 8A on which the page image P1 is printed is created.

  When the reprinting of the page image P3 is completed, the print information of the page image P4 is set as a processing target (S9: YES, S19: NO, S21). As shown in FIG. 9B, “456”, which is an image of the page image P4, is printed on the tape 8 being conveyed at the head position T1 (S5, S13). During the printing of the page image P4, the end line of the page image P2 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half-cut (S11: YES, S23). Thereby, the label 8A on which the page image P2 is printed is created.

  As shown in FIG. 9C, after the printing of the page image P4 is completed, the top line of the reprinted page image P3 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half cut (S11: YES). , S23). As a result, an unnecessary label 8B on which the page image P3 for which printing has been interrupted is printed is created. The user may discard the unnecessary label 8B. Thereafter, the end line of the reprinted page image P3 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half cut. As a result, a label 8A in which the page image P3 is reprinted is created. Finally, the last line of the page image P4 which is the last page reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is fully cut. Thereby, the label 8A on which the page image P4 is printed is created.

  The operation of correcting the cut target position based on the correction table 100 will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 10A, page images P1 to P3 are sequentially printed on the tape 8 by the printed material creation operation, as in FIG. 8B. During the printing of the page image P3, the leading line of the page image P1 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is half cut. Thereafter, similarly to FIG. 8C, for example, a power failure occurs, and the printed material creation operation is interrupted.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 10B, when the conveyance and printing of the tape 8 are stopped, the tape 8 may move slightly downstream in the conveyance direction due to inertia. In this case, a blank area 109, which is an area where printing is not performed on the tape 8, is formed between the end line of the page image P3 for which printing has been interrupted and the head position T1. The length of the blank area 109 in the conveyance direction is equal to the distance L1 that the tape 8 has moved by inertia.

  In this case, when the printed matter creation operation is resumed without correcting the uncut position, the cut with respect to the uncut position is performed on the upstream side in the transport direction by a distance L1 from the end line of the uncut page. In the example shown in FIG. 10C, as a result of restarting the printed matter creation operation without correcting the uncut position, a half cut is performed upstream of the conveyance direction by a distance L1 from the end line of the page image P1 that is an uncut page. Has been done. That is, half-cut is performed in the area of the page image P2 on the tape 8, and the position of the cut is shifted.

  In the present embodiment, the correction table 100 defines a cut position correction amount corresponding to the distance L1 that the tape 8 has moved by inertia, corresponding to the transport speed immediately before the interruption. In S49 of the main process, the uncut position is corrected downstream in the transport direction based on the cut position correction amount corresponding to the transport speed immediately before the interruption before restarting the printed material creation operation. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG. 10D, as a result of correcting the uncut position and restarting the printed material creation operation, the half cut of the tape 8 is performed at a position that substantially matches the end line of the page image P1 that is an uncut page. Is done.

  An example of FIG. 11 will be described with respect to an operation of performing a cut when the margin width of an uncut page is equal to or greater than a threshold value. As described above, there is a case where the blank area 109 is formed on the tape 8 due to inertia when the printed material creation operation is interrupted. In the example shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, since the printed matter creation operation is interrupted during printing of the page image P3, a blank area 109 is formed at the end of the page image P3 where printing is interrupted. Half-cut is performed on the upstream side in the transport direction by a distance L1 from the end line of the page image P1 which is an uncut page. In this example, the boundary line between the image area 101 and the margin area 102 is printed in each of the page images P1 to P3.

  In the case where the margin width L2 of the margin area 102 is relatively small, the possibility that the image area 101 of the page image is cut is relatively high if the cut position shift occurs as described above. In the example shown in FIG. 11A, since the margin width L2 of the margin area 102 is less than the threshold value, the margin width L2 is relatively small. The cut for the last line of the page image P1 is performed on the image area 101 of the page image P2 due to the influence of the positional deviation of the cut.

  On the other hand, when the margin width L2 of the margin area 102 is relatively large, the possibility that the image area 101 of the page image is cut is relatively low even if the positional deviation of the cut occurs as described above. In the example shown in FIG. 11B, since the margin width L2 of the margin area 102 is equal to or greater than the threshold value, the margin width L2 is relatively large. The cut with respect to the end line of the page image P1 is performed on the margin area 102 between the end line of the page image P1 and the image area 101 of the page image P2 due to the influence of the positional deviation of the cut. Therefore, even when the cut position shift occurs, it is possible to prevent the image area 101 from being cut.

  FIG. 12 and FIG. 13 are used as an example to explain the operation of not executing the half-cut when the pre-interruption cut is a half-cut of a special page image. In the example shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, three labels on which page images P1 to P3 are printed are created. The page images P1 and P3 are normal page images having a page length equal to or greater than a lower limit value. The page image P2 is a special page image whose page length is less than the lower limit value.

  With reference to FIG. 12, a processing mode when the printed matter creation operation is not interrupted will be described. As shown in FIG. 12A, the page images P1 to P3 are sequentially printed by the printed material creation operation (S3, S5, S13). When the end line of the page image P1 reaches the cutter position T2, the end line of the page image P1 (that is, the start line of the page image P2) is fully cut (S23). Thereby, the label 8A on which the page image P1 is printed is created.

  Next, in the example shown in FIG. 12B, the end line of the page image P2 reaches the cutter position T2 during printing of the page image P3, and the end line of the page image P2 is half-cut (S23). In the example shown in FIG. 12C, the margin addition line of the page image P2 reaches the cutter position T2 after the page image P3 is printed, and the margin addition line of the page image P2 is fully cut (S23). Thereby, a special label 8C on which the page image P2 is printed is created. Thereafter, the end line of the page image P3 is fully cut to create a label 8A on which the page image P3 is printed.

  In the special label 8C, the page portion 103, which is a printed portion of the page image P2, and the surplus portion 104 on the upstream side in the conveyance direction of the page portion 103 are arranged with a slit formed by a half cut interposed therebetween. The surplus part 104 is a part added to make the length in the conveyance direction of the special label 8C equal to the lower limit value. Using the slit, the user can peel off only the portion where the page portion 103 is formed from the release paper of the special label 8C from the mount.

  Suppose that a label is created by fully cutting both ends of the special page image in the transport direction on the tape 8. In this case, since the length of the produced label in the conveyance direction is short, there is a possibility that the label cannot be discharged from the conveyance path 23 (see FIG. 2). On the other hand, since the length of the special label 8C in the conveyance direction is equal to the lower limit value, the special label 8C has a length in the conveyance direction necessary for reliably discharging from the conveyance path 23.

  With reference to FIG. 13, a processing mode when the printed matter creation operation is interrupted will be described. First, as in FIGS. 13A and 13B, a label 8A on which the page image P1 is printed is created, and the end line of the page image P2 is half-cut. Next, in the example shown in FIG. 13A, for example, a power failure occurs during printing of the page image P3, and the printed matter creation operation is interrupted (S7: YES, S15: YES, S17). At this time, the print interruption information including the print information of the page image P2 that is an uncut page, the print information of the page image P3 that is a print interruption page, and the conveyance speed immediately before the stop is stored. In this case, the margin addition line of the page image P2 is an uncut position.

  Thereafter, for example, when recovery from a power failure is performed by a user operation, reprint preparation of the printing apparatus 1 is executed (S33: YES, S37). In this example, the first restart process is designated in the flash memory 45 (S39: YES). Since the pre-interruption cut is a half cut of the page image P2 which is a special page image (S45: YES), the margin addition line of the page image P2 is not reset to the cutting area. Thereafter, the print information of the page image P3 is reset as a processing target (S51).

  As shown in FIG. 13B, when the printed matter creation operation is resumed, printing is resumed from the first line of the page image P3, and the image of the page image P3 is reprinted from the first line on the tape 8 being conveyed. (S3, S5, S13). Even if the margin addition line of the page image P2 reaches the cutter position T2 during the printing of the page image P3, the printing of the page image P3 is continued without cutting the margin addition line of the page image P2.

  As shown in FIG. 13C, after the reprinting of the page image P3 is completed, the leading line of the reprinted page image P3 reaches the cutter position T2, and the tape 8 is fully cut (S11: YES, S23). Thereby, a special label 8C on which the page image P2 is printed is created. Thereafter, the end line of the reprinted page image P3 is fully cut, and a label 8A on which the page image P3 is reprinted is created.

  The special label 8C includes a page portion 103 that is a printed portion of the page image P2, a surplus portion 104 on the upstream side in the transport direction of the page portion 103, and a discard portion 105 on the upstream side in the transport direction of the surplus portion 104. Is done. The discard unit 105 is a portion where the page image P3 (that is, a part of the page image P3) whose printing has been interrupted is printed. The page portion 103 and the surplus portion 104 are arranged with a slit formed by a half cut. The surplus part 104 and the discard part 105 are continuous with each other.

  Using the slit, the user can peel off only the portion where the page portion 103 is formed from the release paper of the special label 8C from the mount. The user may discard the special label 8C in which the surplus portion 104 and the discarding portion 105 remain after peeling off the portion where the page portion 103 is formed from the special label 8C. In this example, by not cutting the boundary position between the surplus part 104 and the discard part 105 to be discarded, the number of cuts in the printed material creation operation can be suppressed, and the processing can be speeded up.

  As described above, the printing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes the conveyance motor 88, the RAM 44, the print head 51, the cutter 57, and the CPU 41. The transport motor 88 can transport the long tape 8 along the transport path. The print head 51 can continuously print a page image, which is an image representing one unit page, on the tape 8 at the head position T1 on the transport path. The cutter 57 can cut the tape 8 at a cutter position T2 that is downstream of the head position T1 in the transport direction of the tape 8. The RAM 44 can store print data for printing a page image. The RAM 44 can store a cutting target position that is a position to be cut by the cutter 57 on the tape 8.

  The CPU 41 can execute the following processing as the printed matter creation processing. That is, the CPU 41 causes the print head 51 to continuously print page images on the tape 8 based on the print data stored in the RAM 44 while the transport motor 88 transports the tape 8 (S5, S13). The CPU 41 stores the cutting target position corresponding to the page image printed on the tape 8 in the RAM 44 (S21). When the cut target position stored in the RAM 44 has reached the cutter position T2, the CPU 41 causes the cutter 57 to cut the tape 8 (S23).

  Further, when a predetermined error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the CPU 41 interrupts the printed matter creation process and is an uncut position that is a cut target position between the head position T1 and the cutter position T2. Is stored in the RAM 44 (S17). If the error state is resolved during the interruption of the print creation process, the CPU 41 resumes the print creation process and executes S23 based on the uncut position stored in S17 (S47).

  According to this, after an error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is resumed when the error state is resolved. At this time, the tape 8 is cut at an uncut position generated by the interruption of the printed matter creation process. Therefore, even when an error state occurs during printing of the page image, the printing apparatus 1 can appropriately cut the tape 8 on which the page image is printed.

  Further, the CPU 41 causes the RAM 44 to store print data corresponding to the entire print interrupted page in which printing is interrupted among the plurality of page images (S17). Based on the print data stored in S17, the CPU 41 starts S5 and S13 so that printing resumes from the top of the print interruption page (S51). According to this, the printing apparatus 1 can reprint the print interruption page on the tape 8 in the resumed printed matter creation process.

  Further, the CPU 41 causes the RAM 44 to store the transport speed of the tape 8 immediately before interrupting the printed matter creation process (S17). CPU41 correct | amends the uncut position memorize | stored by S17 to the downstream of a conveyance direction according to the conveyance speed memorize | stored by S17, and performs S23 based on the uncut position after correction | amendment (S49). According to this, the printing apparatus 1 can correct the uncut position to a more appropriate position in consideration of the amount of movement of the tape 8 due to inertia that occurs when printing is interrupted.

  The page image includes an image area 101 on which a character is printed and a margin area 102 provided around the image area 101. When the margin width L2 of the margin area 102 included in the page image corresponding to the uncut position stored in S17 is less than the threshold, the CPU 41 does not execute S23 based on the uncut position (S43: NO). According to this, it is possible to prevent the image area 101 from being cut in the resumed printed matter creation process.

  Further, the CPU 41 associates the cut type indicating either the full cut for cutting the entire tape 8 in the thickness direction or the half cut for cutting a part of the tape 8 in the thickness direction with the RAM 44 in association with the cut target position. Store (S21). When cutting the cut target position at the cutter position T2, the CPU 41 executes either full cut or half cut based on the cut type associated with the cut target position (S23). According to this, the printing apparatus 1 can cut the cut target position based on a suitable cut type, for example, according to the application of the label.

  Further, when the cut type corresponding to the uncut position stored in S17 is full cut, and the CPU 41 executes the half cut in the last S23 executed before interruption of the printed material creation process, the CPU 41 Do not execute S23 based on (S45: YES). According to this, in the resumed printed matter creation process, the printing apparatus 1 can omit the full cut at the uncut position.

  Further, when the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed matter creation process, the CPU 41 includes at least two of the first resume process (S41 to S51), the second resume process (S51), and the third resume process (S53). One specified from can be executed. The second restart process starts S5 and S13 so that the print creation process is restarted and printing is restarted from the top of the print interrupt page. In the third resume process, the printed matter creation process is resumed, and S5 and S13 are started so that printing resumes from the top of the uncut page corresponding to the uncut position among the plurality of page images. According to this, the printing apparatus 1 can restart the printed matter creation process in a mode according to the user's request.

  Further, when the power supplied to the printing apparatus 1 changes from the reference value or more to less than the reference value during execution of the printed matter creation process (S7: YES, S15: YES), the CPU 41 executes S17. When the supply power changes from less than the reference value to more than the reference value during interruption of the printed matter creation process (S33: YES), the CPU 41 executes the first restart process (S41 to S51). According to this, the printing apparatus 1 can execute interruption and resumption of the printed matter creation process according to the supplied power.

  In the above embodiment, the printing apparatus 1 is an example of the “printing apparatus” in the present invention. The conveyance motor 88 is an example of the “conveyance means” in the present invention. The head position T1 is an example of the “first position” in the present invention. The print head 51 is an example of the “printing unit” in the present invention. The cutter position T2 is an example of the “second position” in the present invention. The cutter 57 is an example of the “cutting unit” in the present invention. The RAM 44 is an example of the “first storage unit” and the “second storage unit” in the present invention. The CPU 41 is an example of the “control unit” in the present invention. S3 and S13 are examples of the “printing process” of the present invention. S21 is an example of the “cut setting process” in the present invention. S23 is an example of the “cut process” in the present invention. S17 is an example of the “interruption process” in the present invention. S41 to S51 are examples of the “first restart process” of the present invention. S51 is an example of the “second restart process” in the present invention. S55 is an example of the “third restart process” in the present invention. The main process (FIGS. 5 and 6) is an example of the “printing method” of the present invention. The program stored in the ROM 42 is an example of the “print program” in the present invention.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various change is possible. For example, the printing apparatus 1 may include a display unit such as an LCD. In this case, in S37, the CPU 41 may display a selection screen for selecting the execution resume process from at least two of the first to third resume processes on the display unit. Based on the restart process selected on the selection screen, the CPU 41 may execute any one of the first to third restart processes after S39.

  Further, when the CPU 41 executes the first restart process (S41 to S51), if the margin width of the uncut page is less than the threshold value, the accuracy of the cut position may be deteriorated due to the inertia generated in the tape 8. A warning screen indicating this may be displayed on the display unit before the start of S41. Furthermore, the warning screen may be a screen that allows the user to select whether or not to perform cutting for an uncut position. For example, if the CPU 41 is instructed to perform cutting on the warning screen, the CPU 41 executes S41. On the other hand, when the cut execution is not instructed on the warning screen, the CPU 41 executes the second restart process (S51) or the third restart process (S55) instead of the first restart process.

  Further, the main process is not limited to the case where a printed material is created based on the tape 8 or the tube 9, but can be applied to the case where a printed material is created based on another medium. At least a part of the main processing may be executed by an apparatus (for example, PC 2) different from the printing apparatus 1. Some processes in the main process (for example, at least one of S43, S45, and S49) may not be executed. The print data stored in the reception buffer 44A is not limited to the print data transmitted from the PC 2, and may be print data received from another external device via the network, or print directly input to the printing apparatus 1 by the user. Data may be used.

1 Printing device 8 Tape 41 CPU
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Claims (10)

Transport means capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path;
Printing means capable of continuously printing a page image, which is an image representing one unit page, on the medium at a first position in the transport path;
Cutting means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium;
First storage means capable of storing print data for printing the page image;
Second storage means capable of storing a cutting target position which is a position to be cut by the cutting means in the medium;
A printing apparatus comprising a control means capable of executing a printed material creation process,
The printed matter creation process includes:
A printing process in which the printing unit continuously prints the page image on the medium based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the conveyance unit conveys the medium;
A cut setting process for storing the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium in the second storage unit;
A cutting process for causing the cutting means to cut the medium when the cutting target position stored in the second storage means reaches the second position;
The control means includes
When a predetermined error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position An interruption process for storing the position in a predetermined storage means;
When the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed material generation process, the printed material generation process is resumed and the cutting process is executed based on the uncut position stored by the interruption process. A printing apparatus capable of executing resumption processing. The interruption process stores the print data corresponding to the entire print interruption page in which printing is interrupted among the plurality of page images in a predetermined storage unit,
The first restart process starts the print process so that printing is restarted from the top of the print interrupt page based on the print data stored by the interrupt process. The printing apparatus as described. In the interruption process, the conveyance speed of the medium immediately before the print production process is interrupted is stored in a predetermined storage unit,
The first restart process corrects the uncut position stored by the interruption process to the downstream side in the conveyance direction according to the conveyance speed stored by the interruption process, and corrects the uncut position after correction. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the cutting process is executed based on a position. The page image includes an image area on which a character is printed, and a margin area provided around the image area,
In the first restart process, when a margin width of the margin area included in the page image corresponding to the uncut position stored by the interruption process is less than a threshold, the cut process based on the uncut position is performed. The printing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printing apparatus is not executed. The cut setting process indicates a cut type indicating either a first cut that cuts all of the medium in the thickness direction or a second cut that cuts a part of the medium in the thickness direction in association with the cut target position. Is stored in the second storage means,
In the cutting process, when the cutting target position is cut at the second position, either the first cutting or the second cutting is executed based on the cutting type associated with the cutting target position. The printing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:   In the first resumption process, the cut type corresponding to the uncut position stored in the interruption process is the first cut, and the last cut process executed before interruption of the printed material creation process The printing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein when the second cut is executed, the cutting process based on the uncut position is not executed. The control means executes one specified from at least two of the first resume process, the second resume process, and the third resume process when the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed matter creation process. Is possible,
The second restart process restarts the printed matter creation process and starts the print process so that printing resumes from the top of the print interrupt page,
The third restart process restarts the printed matter creation process and starts the print process so that printing is restarted from the top of the uncut page corresponding to the uncut position among the plurality of page images. The printing apparatus according to claim 2. The control means includes
When the power supplied to the printing apparatus changes from a reference value or more to less than the reference value during execution of the printed matter creation process, the interruption process is executed.
8. The first resumption process is executed when the supply power changes from less than the reference value to the reference value or more during interruption of the printed matter creation process. Printing device. Transport means capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path;
Printing means capable of continuously printing a page image, which is an image representing one unit page, on the medium at a first position in the transport path;
Cutting means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium;
First storage means capable of storing print data for printing the page image;
A printing method used in a printing apparatus comprising: a second storage unit capable of storing a cutting target position that is a position to be cut by the cutting unit in the medium;
The printing method includes a printed material creation process,
The printed matter creation process includes:
A printing process in which the printing unit continuously prints the page image on the medium based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the conveyance unit conveys the medium;
A cut setting process for storing the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium in the second storage unit;
A cutting process for causing the cutting means to cut the medium when the cutting target position stored in the second storage means reaches the second position;
Further, the printing method includes:
When a predetermined error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position An interruption process for storing the position in a predetermined storage means;
When the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed material generation process, the printed material generation process is resumed and the cutting process is executed based on the uncut position stored by the interruption process. A printing method comprising: a restart process. Transport means capable of transporting a long medium along a transport path;
Printing means capable of continuously printing a page image, which is an image representing one unit page, on the medium at a first position in the transport path;
Cutting means capable of cutting the medium at a second position downstream of the first position in the conveyance direction of the medium;
First storage means capable of receiving and storing print data for printing the page image;
Causing a computer, which is a printing apparatus provided with second storage means capable of storing a cutting target position, which is a position to be cut by the cutting means, in the medium, to execute a printed matter creation process;
The printed matter creation process includes:
A printing process in which the printing unit continuously prints the page image on the medium based on the print data stored in the first storage unit while the conveyance unit conveys the medium;
A cut setting process for storing the cut target position corresponding to the page image printed on the medium in the second storage unit;
A cutting process for causing the cutting means to cut the medium when the cutting target position stored in the second storage means reaches the second position;
In addition, the computer
When a predetermined error state occurs during execution of the printed matter creation process, the printed matter creation process is interrupted, and the uncut that is the cut target position between the first position and the second position An interruption process for storing the position in a predetermined storage means;
When the error state is resolved during the interruption of the printed material generation process, the printed material generation process is resumed and the cutting process is executed based on the uncut position stored by the interruption process. A printing program characterized by executing resumption processing.

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